AFM pastor nabbed for raping minor

Farai Mukuwane, Masvingo Correspondent  AN Apostolic Faith Mission Church of Zimbabwe (AFM) pastor, Tawanda Sakadzo has been dragged to court facing allegations of raping a 12-year-girl on two different occasions. The…

No Jah Prayzah, no party? Namas react to nomination controversies

Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter  THE National Arts Merit Awards (Namas) last week got the ball rolling for the country’s awards season with the announcement of nominees for the 21st edition…

Colonial sophistry and other broken things

Much like colonialism itself coloniality is alive. It is so alive as a system and a structure of power that it does not only get converts among us, but it…

Journey to the stars: How some communities order their lives according to natural rhythms and cycles of the sun and moon

IN the Andean region of Bolivia in South America, there is a people known as the Kallawaya. In days gone by, they used to be hunter-gatherers with an expansive knowledge…

Nakamba makes first start at Luton

Mehluli Sibanda, Sports Editor  ZIMBABWEAN midfielder Marvelous Nakamba made his first start and played the entire 90 minutes for Luton Town in the English Championship as the Hatters drew 1-1 against…

Black Rhinos founding ’keeper goes down memory lane…liberation fighters formed core of the team

TO many, the name Charles Ndebele resonates with Kalanga Tshibilika music as he is the founder of legendary group Ndolwane Super Sounds. But there is another whose legendary status was…

Pork production: A value chain in need of resuscitation

A colleague of mine who is an emerging but passionate pig producer was stressed during the week because she lost five six-week-old piglets within a space of three days.  This was…

From farm worker to million-dollar farmer

Theseus Shambare  A silent revolution that is progressively minting millionaires is underway in the countryside, where youths are working miracles on farms, taking advantage of the resurgence in the agriculture…

Prof Mutapi breaks glass ceiling

Prof Francisca Mutapi is a professor in Global Health, Infection and Immunity at the University of Edinburgh. She was recently celebrated as the first black female professor at the University…

Selous Scouts wreaked havoc in villages

This week, CDE NOBERT MAVHUNGIRE (NM) concludes telling us his wartime exploits by highlighting some of the missions he undertook before the war came to an end. He tells our…